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Tracing Trajectories of Audio-Visual Learning in the Infant Brain
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Kersey, Alyssa J.; Emberson, Lauren L. – Developmental Science, 2017
Although infants begin learning about their environment before they are born, little is known about how the infant brain changes during learning. Here, we take the initial steps in documenting how the neural responses in the brain change as infants learn to associate audio and visual stimuli. Using functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNRIS) to…
Descriptors: Infants, Child Development, Spectroscopy, Brain Hemisphere Functions
What You Learn Is What You See: Using Eye Movements to Study Infant Cross-Situational Word Learning
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Yu, Chen; Smith, Linda B. – Developmental Science, 2011
Recent studies show that both adults and young children possess powerful statistical learning capabilities to solve the word-to-world mapping problem. However, the underlying mechanisms that make statistical learning possible and powerful are not yet known. With the goal of providing new insights into this issue, the research reported in this…
Descriptors: Eye Movements, Attention, Associative Learning, Human Body
Reading and Concept Attainment, Highlights of the 1967 Pre-Convention Institutes.
Berg, Paul C., Ed.; George, John E., Ed. – 1968
The three papers presented in this publication examine in depth the thought and practices that currently prevail in the specialized areas of reading and concept attainment. Two of the papers deal with concept learning and the transformation of this knowledge into instructional guidelines. The third paper considers the importance o f concept…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Associative Learning, Child Development, Concept Formation
Reading and Concept Attainment, Highlights of the 1967 Pre-Convention Institutes.
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Berg, Paul C., Ed.; George, John E., Ed. – 1968
The three papers presented in this publication examines in depth the thought and practices that currently prevail in the specialized areas of reading and concept attainment. Two of the papers deal with concept learning and the transformation of this knowledge into instructional guidelines. The third paper considers the importance of concept…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Associative Learning, Child Development, Concept Formation
What Do Children Learn When They Paint?
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Eisner, Elliot W. – Art Education, 1978
Based on the presumption that art teachers ought to be able to describe the value of what they do and place it within a framework for rationalizing the contributions of their work to the educational development of the students they teach, this research is an attempt to describe what children learn when they paint, draw, or make three-dimensional…
Descriptors: Art Education, Art Teachers, Associative Learning, Child Development
"Levels of Cognitive Development," by Tracy S. Kendler.
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Halford, Graeme S. – Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 1997
Reviews "Levels of Cognitive Development," which presents a theory of cognitive development integrating discrimination- learning research with understanding of higher cognitive processes. Argues that strengths include its presentation of systematic research and providing continuity between past and present models. Weaknesses include…
Descriptors: Association (Psychology), Associative Learning, Book Reviews, Child Development